Ministry of National Defense (Colombia)


The Ministry of National Defence is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the armed forces of Colombia, similar to the defense ministries in other countries. It is composed of the National Army, Navy, Air Force and the National Police.

Lists of Ministers

List of Ministers of War

Minister Period
Gral. Pedro Briceño Méndez1821–1825
Gral. Carlos Soublette1825–1828
Gral. Rafael Urdaneta1828–1829
Gral. Pedro Alcántara Herrán1830
Gral. José Miguel Pey1830–1831
Gral. José Marìa Obando1831–1832
Gral. José Hilario López1832–1833
Gral. Antonio Obando1833–1837
Gral. José Hilario López1837–1838
Gral. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera1838–1840
Gral. José Acevedo1841–1845
Gral. Joaquín París Ricaurte1845
Gral. Juan María Gómez1845–1846
Gral. Joaquín Barriga1846–1849
Gral. Tomás Herrera1849–1850
Gral. Valerio Barriga1851–1853
Cnel. Santiago Frasser1853
Gral. Pedro Alcántara Herrán1854–1855
Gral. José María Ortega1856–1861
Gral. Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera1861–1863
Gral. Rafael Mendoza1864
Gral. Francisco Barriga1864–1866
Gral. Rudesindo López1866–1867
Gral. Sergio Camargo Pinzón1868–1870
Gral. Santos Acosta1871–1872
Gral. Ramón Santodomingo Vila1873–1875
Gral. Santos Acosta1875–1876
Gral. Fernando Ponce1877
Gral. Ezequiel Hurtado1878–1879
Gral. Eliseo Payan1880–1882
Gral. Juan Mateus1882–1884
Gral. José María Campo1884–1886
Gral. Leopoldo Cuervo1887–1890
Gral. Olegario Rivera1890–1892
Gral. Antonio Cuervo1893–1895
Gral. Pedro Rivera1896–1898
Gral. Jorge Holguin1899
Gral. José Santos1900
Gral. Próspero Pinzón Romero1900
Gral. José Domingo Ospina1900–1901
Gral. Ramón González Valencia1901
Gral. Pedro Nel Ospina1901
José Vicente Concha Ferreira1901–1902
Gral. Aristides Fernández Mora1902–1903
Gral. Alfredo Vásquez Cobo1903–1904
Gral. Diego Castro1904–1905
Gral. Diego Euclides de Angulo1905–1906
Manuel Castro1906
Gral. Manuel María Sanclemente1906–1908
Gral. Víctor Calderón1908–1909
Gral. Nicolás Perdomo1909
Gral. Alfredo Vásquez Cobo1909
Gral. Jorge Marcelo Holguín Mallarino1909
Gral. Diego Euclides de Angulo1909
Gral. Luis Enrique Bonilla1909
Gral. Pedro Rivera1909
José Medina Calderón1909–1910
Juan Bautista Valencia1910
Gral. Mariano Ospina Vásquez1910–1911
Gral. José Manuel Araújo1911–1914
Gral. Isaías Luján1914–1915
Guillermo Valencia Castillo1915
Gral. Pedro Justo Berrío1915
Antonio José Cadavid1915–1916
Gral. Salvador Franco1916–1918
Jorge Roa1918–1921
Bonifacio Vélez1921
Aristóbulo Archila1921–1922
Carlos Vélez Daníes1922
José Ulises Osorio1922–1923
Gral. Alfonso Jaramillo1923–1924
Gral. Carlos Jaramillo Isaza1924–1925
Francisco Solórzano1925–1926
Ignacio Rengifo1926–1929
Alejandro Cabal Pombo1929
Gral. José Joaquín Villamizar1929
Gral. Agustín Morales Olaya1929–1931
Carlos Adolfo Urueta1931–1932
Carlos Arango Vélez1932–1934
Cptán. Carlos Uribe Gaviria1934
Alberto Pumarejo1934
Marco Aurelio Auli1934–1935
Benito Hernandez Bustos1935–1936
Plinio Mendoza Neira1936–1937
Alberto Pumarejo1937–1938
José Joaquín Castro Martínez1938–1939
Gonzalo Restrepo1939–1942
Alejandro Galvis Galvis1942–1943
Ramón Santodomingo1943
Alberto Arango Tavera1943
Gonzalo Restrepo1943–1944
Gral. Domingo Espinel1944–1945
Luis Tamayo1945–1946
Carlos Sánz de Santamaría1946–1947
Fabio Lozano y Lozano1947–1948
Fernando Londoño y Londoño1948
Teniente General Germán Ocampo Herrera1948–1949
Eduardo Zuleta Àngel1949
Gral. Rafael Sánchez Amaya1949–1950
Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez1950–1951
José María Bernal1951–1953
Lucio Pabón Núñez1953
Gral. Gustavo Berrío1953–1954
Gral. Gabriel París Gordillo1954–1957
Gral. Alfonso Saiz1957–1959
Gral. Rafael Hernández1959–1962
Gral. Alberto Ruiz Novoa1962–1965
Gral. Gabriel Rebeiz1965–1967

List of Ministers of National Defence